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Biden says 'looking' at Russia retaliation over cyberattack
The ransomware attack on a US subsidiary of Brazilian-owned JBS has again prompted accusations that Russia is at least harboring cybercriminals.
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Biden vows to push Putin at summit to protect human rights
The face-to-face meeting with the Kremlin leader comes amid levels of tension not seen for years, with Washington now dialing back its ambitions to little more than establishing a relationship in which both sides understand each other and can work together in specific areas.
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Russia says Belarus flight ban 'endangers' passengers
Belarus sparked international outrage by dispatching a fighter jet Sunday to intercept a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius carrying opposition activist Roman Protasevich, 26.
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Facebook adapts defences as deception campaigns go stealth
The number of coordinated inauthentic behavior (CIB) campaigns derailed at the leading social network ramped up each year since a Russia-linked operation to sway the outcome of the 2016 US presidential election put Facebook on the defensive.
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Arctic nations pledge to fight global warming despite rising tensions
Accelerated global warming, untapped resources, new maritime routes opened up by retreating sea ice and the future of local populations all topped the agenda as foreign ministers of countries bordering the Arctic gathered in Reykjavik in Iceland.
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First US-Russia meeting ahead of Biden-Putin summit
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken seemed to want to make the Arctic -- a new geopolitical issue at the heart of the regional meeting on Wednesday and Thursday in Reykjavik -- a laboratory for cooperation focused on common challenges such as the fight against global warming.
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US wants to 'avoid a militarisation' of the Arctic: Blinken
As climate change makes the Arctic more accessible, interest in the region's natural resources, its navigation routes and its strategic position has grown among countries bordering the Arctic as well as China.
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Russia seeks to outlaw Navalny movement
The closed court hearing is part of a sweeping crackdown on Putin's most prominent critic and his supporters after Navalny barely survived a poisoning with the Novichok nerve agent last summer.
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Putin, UN urge Israel, Palestinians to halt fighting
The Israeli army has launched hundreds of air strikes on the Gaza Strip since Monday, while Palestinian militants have launched more than 1,000 rockets in some of the worst violence in seven years.
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At least 9 dead in Russian high school shooting: news agencies
News agencies reported that two unidentified people had carried out the shooting and one, a 17-year-old, had been detained.
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G7 pushes solidarity to tackle global threats
China, Myanmar, Libya, Syria and Russia are all on the formal agenda as the ministers from the club of wealthy democracies prepare for a leaders' meeting in Cornwall, southwest England, next month.
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Navalny network disbands as gaunt Kremlin critic appears in court
During the hearing, which is part of an appeal by Navalny against a defamation sentence imposed in February for insulting a World War II veteran, the opposition figure said he had lost more weight but had started eating again.
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Russia begins drawdown of troops from Ukraine borders
Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu announced on Thursday that tens of thousands of troops who had deployed to southern and western Russia for exercises over the past few weeks would be returning to their bases.
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Nato 'in full solidarity' with Czechs over Russia standoff
Tensions have spiralled between the two countries after Prague accused Russian military intelligence of being behind a deadly 2014 explosion at an ammunition depot and expelled 18 Russian embassy staff.
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Vladimir Putin: bringing power back to Russia at all costs
Making sure that Russia is not just listened to, but respected and even feared, has been at the heart of Putin's presidency since he came to power in 1999 as a relatively unknown ex-spy.
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Czechs ban Rosatom from nuclear tender, rule out Sputnik vaccine
The announcements follow tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats after Prague accused Russia's secret services of being behind a fatal explosion on Czech territory in 2014.
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Russia moves Navalny to prison hospital under Western pressure
The United States on Sunday threatened Russia with "consequences" if President Vladimir Putin's major domestic opponent -- who launched a hunger strike three weeks ago -- dies in jail, with Navalny's private doctors warning at the weekend he could pass away at "any minute".
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Russia probes YouTube for 'abusing' dominant position: regulator
The move comes as Russia ramps up pressure on foreign tech platforms, with Moscow stepping up its efforts to control the Russian segment of the internet.
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Russia says Navalny to be transferred to prison hospital
He was thrown behind bars in February for more than two years on old embezzlement charges, just weeks after he returned to Moscow from Germany where he had been recuperating from a near-fatal poisoning attack.
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Kremlin says 'good' that Biden, like Putin, wants dialogue
Biden on Tuesday suggested he and Putin meet for a summit on neutral ground to discuss escalating tensions between Russia and US ally Ukraine, and on Thursday said that it was also "time to de-escalate" for Moscow and Washington.
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US imposes sanctions on Moscow, expels Russian diplomats
President Joe Biden's broadside against Russia came the same week as he offered to meet President Vladimir Putin for their first summit -- a meeting US officials say remains "vital" so that the two countries can deescalate.
